mad in pursuit journal

DISPATCHED FROM THE CROSSROADS, AT THE intersection OF ambition & afternoon-nap

Here I sit — two weeks before our vacation starts — thinking
about goals again. What do I need to accomplish before we head
off into the Heartland?

Ebay. Nothing. 3 auctions up now, with enough time to send the items
off, assuming they sell.

Home improvements. All set till late summer/fall, when we may do our
living room floors and the 2 stairways.

Personal improvement. Stop eating! I'm really on a
sweets jag. Must be good for at least a couple weeks to reward
myself with fun eating on vacation. Made hair appointment. Exercise.
Sit up straight. Shave my legs! Oh, the list could go on and on...

Cosmo Radio. Try to push along my "Midlife
Web Diary"
piece toward broadcast. Plug away at my new "Respect"
piece. Since the audience for that piece is more sound/radio professionals,
I'm trying to take some time to dig deeper into the capabilities
of Acid Pro, my sound mixing software. Also trying to follow advice
about positioning the voices clearly in a "sound space," so I'm
playing with the stereo features.

Other creative. Not doing anything visual lately, what's
up with that? I should post another Photoshop tutorial.

Problem-solving. Need to figure out the upgraded version
of Cleaner, a video rendering package I have. I found that some
of the videos on our Cosmopolitan Productions home page aren't
working. More frustrating: My video players (like Windows Media
Player) on this computer won't play the video part of movies even
though the clips play fine from within my editing software. Quicktime
plays the visual, but no audio comes out. What the...??!! Something's
screwed up somewhere...